Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 17:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 17:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 17:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, when bad things happen, it can feel like nighttime even during the day because sadness can make everything seem dark and short-lived. It reminds us that hard times can make happy moments feel far away.

Job 17:12: They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness. [short: Heb. near]

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:20

This verse contradicts Job 17:12 by explaining that calling darkness light and vice versa is a wrong and perilous inversion, while Job 17:12 refers to making night into day.

Isaiah 5:20: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc]

Contradiction with John 11:10

This verse contradicts Job 17:12 by asserting that someone who walks in the night stumbles due to lack of light, contrasting with Job's allusion to night transforming to day.

John 11:10: But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:5

This verse states that believers are children of light and day, suggesting a separation from night, which contrasts with Job 17:12's blending of night into day.

1 Thessalonians 5:5: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:5

This passage emphasizes that God is light and in Him is no darkness, opposing the idea presented in Job 17:12 about night being turned into day.

1 John 1:5: This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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